Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
Photos by Minneapolis Labor Review editor Steve Share
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| Delegates wait to go through security screening for President Obama’s visit. |
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| Delegates send a message about the need for jobs. Too many Americans are unemployed or underemployed, the federation said, while others toil for low wages. |
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| The theme for the day: “Making Change Now.” |
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| President Barack Obama spoke on health care, the economy and union history as his image was projected on a large screen. |
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| Delegates from the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation: Bill McCarthy, president; Louise Sundin, executive vice president and former president of Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59. They were among the Minnesota delegates who said they were energized by the president\'s speech. |
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| From the third floor press briefing room, a group of banquet servers at the convention hall — members of UNITE HERE local 57 — watched Obama’s motorcade depart. “See you next week,” Eileen Jones called out (Obama will be back in Pittsburgh next week for the G-20 summit). “Oh, I love him,” she said to her co-workers. Left to right: Banquet servers Eileen Jones, Roxanne McMillon. |
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| Reporting from the floor of the convention: Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review editor; Barb Kucera, workdayminnesota.org editor. |
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Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
Photos by Minneapolis Labor Review editor Steve Share
|
| Delegates wait to go through security screening for President Obama’s visit. |
|
| Delegates send a message about the need for jobs. Too many Americans are unemployed or underemployed, the federation said, while others toil for low wages. |
|
| The theme for the day: “Making Change Now.” |
|
| President Barack Obama spoke on health care, the economy and union history as his image was projected on a large screen. |
|
|
| Delegates from the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation: Bill McCarthy, president; Louise Sundin, executive vice president and former president of Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59. They were among the Minnesota delegates who said they were energized by the president\’s speech. |
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| From the third floor press briefing room, a group of banquet servers at the convention hall — members of UNITE HERE local 57 — watched Obama’s motorcade depart. “See you next week,” Eileen Jones called out (Obama will be back in Pittsburgh next week for the G-20 summit). “Oh, I love him,” she said to her co-workers. Left to right: Banquet servers Eileen Jones, Roxanne McMillon. |
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| Reporting from the floor of the convention: Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review editor; Barb Kucera, workdayminnesota.org editor. |